Garenvs Fizz
Garen vs Fizz is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.7. Fizz wins with a 61.1% win rate (+22.2%) over Garen based on 18 games. Fizz holds the advantage in both the early and late game. Below you'll find the best Garen build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Garen vs Fizz matchup.
Garen Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Garen performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Fizz(38.9%)Who Wins the Garen vs Fizz Matchup?
Garen vs Fizz Matchup Summary
The Garen vs Fizz matchup is a decisive matchup in League of Legends ranked play. Based on 18 recent matches analyzed, Fizz wins with a 61.1% win rate compared to Garen's 38.9%, giving Fizz a 22.2 percentage point advantage. Fizz dominates at every stage — from early laning through late game team fights. This consistent advantage makes it difficult for Garen players to find favorable windows, so team-dependent strategies and avoiding solo confrontations are essential. The most significant statistical gap is in crowd control, where Garen leads by 0.8s CC/min — a difference that heavily influences the outcome of trades and skirmishes. Fizz has a strong advantage in this matchup. Garen players should play defensively, prioritize safe farming under tower, and look for opportunities created by jungle pressure or Fizz overextending. Avoid prolonged trades and wait for team fights where positioning and coordination matter more. Understanding these matchup dynamics is essential for champion select decisions and in-game strategy when facing this lane opponent.
Garen vs Fizz Laning Phase Breakdown
Garen is favored during the laning phase against Fizz, winning 5 out of 5 key stat categories. Garen holds advantages in farming, damage, gold income, crowd control and sustain, making them the stronger laner in this matchup.
Best Garen Build Against Fizz
Gunmetal Greaves is the optimal boots choice against Fizz, providing the mobility and stats Garen needs most in this matchup. The top-performing core items for Garen against Fizz are Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer and Mortal Reminder. This combination gives Garen an effective balance of damage, survivability, and utility for the matchup. Adjustments may be needed based on team compositions and game state, but this build provides the strongest foundation for the Garen vs Fizz matchup.
Early Game vs Late Game
Garen28.6%Fizz71.4%Garen45.5%Fizz54.5%Fizz dominates the early game (first 15 minutes) with a commanding 71.4% win rate — a 42.9 percentage point lead over Garen. This lopsided early game means Fizz can dictate the pace of the lane from level 1, controlling trades, wave state, and river priority.
Fizz is far superior in the late game (25+ minutes), boasting a 54.5% win rate — 9.1 points above Garen. Extended games heavily favor Fizz, whose kit and scaling make them a dominant force in team fights and objective control.
Fizz holds the advantage at every stage of the game, making this a consistently favorable matchup from lane through late game team fights. Garen players should look for outplays, team-dependent strategies, and picks rather than relying on scaling to win this matchup.
Best Garen Runes Against Fizz
Sorcery
Resolve
The Sorcery and Resolve rune setup gives Garen the best tools to compete against Fizz in this difficult matchup, compensating for the statistical disadvantages with optimal rune synergies.
Garen matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.7. The table below shows Garen's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Garen build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Opponent | Win Rate | Matches | CS/min | DMG/min | Gold/game | Early WR | Late WR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 47.09% | 378 | 6.5 | 815 | 12,433 | 42.3% | 51.0% | |
| 50.97% | 361 | 6.8 | 810 | 12,303 | 50.9% | 51.0% | |
| 50.46% | 327 | 7.0 | 902 | 12,581 | 51.5% | 49.4% | |
| 39.77% | 264 | 7.1 | 706 | 12,978 | 44.0% | 36.8% | |
| 51.20% | 250 | 6.4 | 675 | 12,357 | 52.5% | 50.3% | |
| 54.05% | 222 | 7.3 | 1,025 | 12,987 | 52.6% | 55.1% | |
| 50.74% | 203 | 7.1 | 891 | 13,519 | 59.5% | 44.5% | |
| 46.31% | 203 | 7.1 | 800 | 12,463 | 40.6% | 52.0% | |
| 53.61% | 194 | 7.2 | 962 | 13,245 | 48.8% | 57.3% | |
| 57.98% | 188 | 7.2 | 873 | 12,685 | 57.0% | 58.8% | |
| 58.92% | 185 | 7.1 | 929 | 12,953 | 57.0% | 60.4% | |
| 48.33% | 180 | 6.9 | 855 | 12,626 | 50.6% | 46.4% | |
| 54.19% | 179 | 7.2 | 792 | 12,943 | 60.7% | 48.4% | |
| 55.87% | 179 | 7.3 | 1,230 | 13,868 | 56.2% | 55.7% | |
| 46.51% | 172 | 7.4 | 888 | 13,117 | 50.8% | 43.8% | |
| 50.00% | 172 | 7.2 | 788 | 13,615 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 48.75% | 160 | 7.5 | 1,008 | 13,376 | 55.8% | 42.2% | |
| 55.63% | 160 | 7.1 | 897 | 12,615 | 61.3% | 50.0% | |
| 54.37% | 160 | 6.7 | 882 | 12,695 | 50.7% | 57.5% | |
| 54.84% | 155 | 6.8 | 827 | 12,872 | 55.7% | 54.1% | |
| 41.61% | 149 | 6.4 | 639 | 12,286 | 48.4% | 36.5% | |
| 55.41% | 148 | 7.3 | 862 | 13,627 | 67.7% | 46.5% | |
| 49.31% | 144 | 6.7 | 776 | 12,579 | 41.3% | 55.6% | |
| 51.08% | 139 | 7.2 | 827 | 12,661 | 42.4% | 58.9% | |
| 57.81% | 128 | 7.2 | 818 | 13,527 | 65.5% | 52.0% | |
| 54.33% | 127 | 7.1 | 915 | 12,822 | 58.5% | 51.4% | |
| 52.80% | 125 | 7.0 | 845 | 12,192 | 56.3% | 49.2% | |
| 48.76% | 121 | 7.4 | 914 | 13,175 | 56.7% | 38.9% | |
| 43.33% | 120 | 6.8 | 1,009 | 13,161 | 51.0% | 38.0% | |
| 37.29% | 118 | 6.8 | 689 | 12,052 | 33.3% | 40.3% | |
| 41.59% | 113 | 6.4 | 738 | 12,995 | 40.4% | 42.6% | |
| 53.10% | 113 | 7.2 | 822 | 12,723 | 56.9% | 49.1% | |
| 55.86% | 111 | 7.7 | 977 | 14,571 | 52.6% | 57.5% | |
| 60.19% | 103 | 7.3 | 915 | 13,701 | 60.0% | 60.4% | |
| 53.92% | 102 | 6.8 | 836 | 12,549 | 57.5% | 50.9% | |
| 55.79% | 95 | 7.3 | 946 | 13,811 | 59.5% | 53.5% | |
| 53.01% | 83 | 7.4 | 856 | 12,767 | 51.2% | 54.8% | |
| 57.50% | 80 | 7.2 | 959 | 13,758 | 44.4% | 68.2% | |
| 40.51% | 79 | 6.6 | 596 | 11,966 | 47.5% | 33.3% | |
| 57.33% | 75 | 6.7 | 781 | 12,271 | 55.6% | 59.0% | |
| 54.93% | 71 | 6.7 | 847 | 14,075 | 56.7% | 53.7% | |
| 64.29% | 70 | 6.7 | 745 | 12,936 | 57.6% | 70.3% | |
| 53.73% | 67 | 6.9 | 1,029 | 13,177 | 44.4% | 60.0% | |
| 51.67% | 60 | 7.2 | 777 | 14,296 | 56.5% | 48.6% | |
| 53.57% | 56 | 5.6 | 824 | 12,211 | 62.9% | 38.1% | |
| 41.51% | 53 | 7.0 | 796 | 13,207 | 50.0% | 34.5% | |
| 51.92% | 52 | 7.3 | 911 | 13,685 | 61.9% | 45.2% | |
| 53.85% | 52 | 7.1 | 797 | 12,714 | 48.1% | 60.0% | |
| 43.18% | 44 | 6.5 | 823 | 14,249 | 37.5% | 46.4% | |
| 47.73% | 44 | 6.7 | 891 | 12,761 | 55.0% | 41.7% | |
| 41.46% | 41 | 6.5 | 681 | 12,861 | 28.6% | 48.1% | |
| 48.65% | 37 | 6.0 | 881 | 13,139 | 55.0% | 41.2% | |
| 54.05% | 37 | 6.5 | 892 | 13,347 | 53.3% | 54.5% | |
| 64.52% | 31 | 7.0 | 780 | 12,311 | 61.1% | 69.2% | |
| 53.33% | 30 | 6.3 | 648 | 11,690 | 57.1% | 50.0% | |
| 58.62% | 29 | 6.2 | 721 | 13,450 | 22.2% | 75.0% | |
| 60.71% | 28 | 7.1 | 773 | 12,473 | 58.3% | 62.5% | |
| 37.04% | 27 | 4.8 | 818 | 13,682 | 54.5% | 25.0% | |
| 65.38% | 26 | 6.8 | 694 | 12,466 | 63.6% | 66.7% | |
| 42.31% | 26 | 7.3 | 813 | 13,166 | 30.0% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 25 | 6.5 | 800 | 12,903 | 60.0% | 60.0% | |
| 73.91% | 23 | 7.3 | 894 | 14,921 | 75.0% | 73.3% | |
| 36.36% | 22 | 5.6 | 939 | 14,955 | 28.6% | 40.0% | |
| 45.45% | 22 | 7.0 | 961 | 14,721 | 50.0% | 42.9% | |
| 55.00% | 20 | 6.2 | 801 | 13,971 | 50.0% | 56.3% | |
| 50.00% | 20 | 3.9 | 768 | 13,046 | 22.2% | 72.7% | |
| 63.16% | 19 | 6.3 | 791 | 14,552 | 87.5% | 45.5% | |
| 57.89% | 19 | 5.4 | 799 | 13,181 | 66.7% | 53.9% | |
| 50.00% | 18 | 7.8 | 782 | 12,541 | 62.5% | 40.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 7.3 | 765 | 12,759 | 60.0% | 50.0% | |
| 55.56% | 18 | 6.8 | 709 | 12,836 | 40.0% | 75.0% | |
| 66.67% | 18 | 7.1 | 737 | 13,178 | 50.0% | 75.0% | |
| 38.89% | 18 | 7.2 | 871 | 12,838 | 28.6% | 45.5% | |
| 47.06% | 17 | 6.9 | 818 | 13,935 | 80.0% | 33.3% | |
| 29.41% | 17 | 6.6 | 802 | 12,288 | 42.9% | 20.0% | |
| 17.65% | 17 | 6.2 | 537 | 10,158 | 30.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 16 | 7.6 | 954 | 12,358 | 44.4% | 57.1% | |
| 31.25% | 16 | 5.8 | 610 | 13,670 | 50.0% | 28.6% | |
| 50.00% | 16 | 7.0 | 733 | 13,458 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 37.50% | 16 | 7.7 | 909 | 13,480 | 37.5% | 37.5% | |
| 40.00% | 15 | 3.9 | 905 | 15,721 | 0.0% | 54.5% | |
| 80.00% | 15 | 6.2 | 857 | 15,338 | 85.7% | 75.0% | |
| 53.33% | 15 | 7.0 | 779 | 14,008 | 66.7% | 44.4% | |
| 50.00% | 14 | 7.1 | 680 | 12,640 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 42.86% | 14 | 6.5 | 781 | 11,620 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 14 | 5.9 | 750 | 12,943 | 55.6% | 60.0% | |
| 53.85% | 13 | 6.1 | 843 | 13,929 | 50.0% | 57.1% | |
| 33.33% | 12 | 5.2 | 769 | 12,046 | 16.7% | 50.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 7.1 | 981 | 13,677 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 58.33% | 12 | 6.0 | 653 | 10,831 | 71.4% | 40.0% | |
| 36.36% | 11 | 6.6 | 848 | 15,518 | 0.0% | 44.4% | |
| 54.55% | 11 | 3.3 | 748 | 12,536 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 45.45% | 11 | 5.5 | 864 | 13,780 | 60.0% | 33.3% | |
| 81.82% | 11 | 6.3 | 722 | 12,817 | 66.7% | 87.5% | |
| 27.27% | 11 | 4.4 | 599 | 9,352 | 40.0% | 16.7% | |
| 27.27% | 11 | 6.4 | 826 | 13,712 | 0.0% | 42.9% | |
| 20.00% | 10 | 6.9 | 754 | 13,085 | 25.0% | 16.7% | |
| 40.00% | 10 | 6.3 | 706 | 12,355 | 20.0% | 60.0% | |
| 44.44% | 9 | 5.9 | 876 | 11,462 | 40.0% | 50.0% | |
| 33.33% | 9 | 6.5 | 653 | 13,595 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 66.67% | 9 | 5.0 | 783 | 13,747 | 75.0% | 60.0% | |
| 55.56% | 9 | 4.9 | 640 | 10,116 | 20.0% | 100.0% | |
| 25.00% | 8 | 7.7 | 861 | 10,715 | 40.0% | 0.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 7.1 | 926 | 14,590 | 100.0% | 66.7% | |
| 50.00% | 8 | 7.8 | 1,181 | 14,236 | 80.0% | 0.0% | |
| 37.50% | 8 | 5.0 | 514 | 11,104 | 33.3% | 40.0% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 5.7 | 520 | 10,737 | 71.4% | 100.0% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 6.4 | 661 | 12,222 | 60.0% | 66.7% | |
| 62.50% | 8 | 7.1 | 866 | 14,691 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
| 75.00% | 8 | 6.7 | 715 | 11,474 | 83.3% | 50.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 7.7 | 789 | 14,404 | 100.0% | 50.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 2.3 | 561 | 14,981 | 100.0% | 40.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 3.0 | 435 | 11,428 | 50.0% | 60.0% | |
| 71.43% | 7 | 7.4 | 755 | 11,896 | 60.0% | 100.0% | |
| 57.14% | 7 | 7.4 | 635 | 10,117 | 75.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 5.7 | 567 | 11,490 | 50.0% | 50.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 6.5 | 1,013 | 18,173 | 0.0% | 16.7% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 6.1 | 630 | 12,413 | 0.0% | 33.3% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 4.5 | 509 | 11,659 | 100.0% | 0.0% | |
| 16.67% | 6 | 5.3 | 564 | 11,795 | 50.0% | 0.0% | |
| 50.00% | 6 | 7.5 | 673 | 12,515 | 66.7% | 33.3% | |
| 33.33% | 6 | 6.6 | 601 | 13,048 | 66.7% | 0.0% | |
| 66.67% | 6 | 7.4 | 547 | 12,030 | 75.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 6.9 | 869 | 12,084 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 4.2 | 773 | 12,155 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.9 | 715 | 13,071 | 66.7% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 5.8 | 744 | 14,062 | 0.0% | 50.0% | |
| 40.00% | 5 | 4.8 | 495 | 10,237 | 33.3% | 50.0% | |
| 80.00% | 5 | 3.4 | 882 | 15,856 | 100.0% | 75.0% | |
| 60.00% | 5 | 6.5 | 551 | 12,264 | 50.0% | 66.7% | |
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Garen vs Fizz - Frequently Asked Questions
How does Garen do against Fizz in League of Legends?
Fizz wins the Garen vs Fizz matchup with a 61.1% win rate compared to Garen's 38.9%, a 22.2 percentage point difference. This data is based on 18 recent ranked games in patch 26.7.
How does Garen do against Fizz in the early game?
In the early game, Fizz has the advantage against Garen with a 71.4% win rate versus 28.6%. Fizz players should look to press their lane advantage through aggressive trades and wave control during the first 15 minutes.
How does Garen do against Fizz in the late game?
In the late game, Fizz takes over the Garen vs Fizz matchup with a 54.5% win rate compared to 45.5%. Fizz scales better into team fights and objective contests after 25 minutes.
Who wins the Garen vs Fizz matchup?
Fizz wins the matchup against Garen with a 61.1% win rate in League of Legends patch 26.7. The 22.2 percentage point advantage means Fizz is significantly favored in this lane matchup based on 18 games analyzed.
What is the best Garen build against Fizz?
The best Garen build against Fizz includes Stridebreaker, Phantom Dancer, Mortal Reminder with Gunmetal Greaves. Check the matchup breakdown above for the full item path and build order.
What are the best Garen runes against Fizz?
The best Garen runes against Fizz use the Sorcery primary tree with Resolve secondary. This rune setup achieves a 100.0% win rate in the Garen vs Fizz matchup. See the full rune breakdown in the matchup comparison above.
Does Garen counter Fizz?
No, Garen struggles against Fizz with only a 38.9% win rate. Fizz has the advantage in this matchup. Garen players should focus on safe farming and avoiding extended trades to minimize Fizz's lead.
How do I play Garen against Fizz?
When playing Garen against Fizz, play cautiously and avoid Fizz's power spikes. Look for jungle assistance and team-dependent plays since Fizz has the statistical advantage at most stages. Use the matchup-specific build and runes above to optimize your chances.